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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012
Fourth place just isn’t
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// PRESiDENTiAl SPORTSIf you don't know who to vote for this November, checking out this article may help you decide.
// PlAYiNg ROughThe UNF rugby team is back on the playing field for their Fall 2012 season.
// hiSTORiCAl DuRkEEvillEThe Durkeeville museum is overflowing with artifacts relating to its town.
// ThAT'S TRAShYStudents volunteered to help UNF improve recycling during the 6th annual Garbage on the Green.
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// gERRYmANDERiNg ExPlAiNEDThree candidates in the 2012 Florida election talk about redistricting and their stance on education issues.
// YOuR NEW SENATORSThe results are in. Find out who your votes elected.
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Oct. 25 Theft (Building 16) - An officer met with a complainant who said his skateboard had been stolen. The subject said he left it unlocked on the rack outside Building 16, but could see it from where he was eating. He said he heard a loud noise and saw a suspect ride toward Osprey Hall with his skateboard. He said he called UPD and did not pursue the suspect. The officer conducted a key audit to determine who entered the building at that time and is waiting for the results. The investigation is ongoing.
Source: University Police Department Compiled by Olivia Osland
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Oct. 23 Alarm (Child Development Center) - An officer responded to an alarm a child set off by accidentally get-ting his or her hand stuck between an open door and a door frame. The door hinges were loosened to free the child. Only a red mark remained on the child’s arm, and the parents were informed.
Oct. 23 Sick Person (Building 45) - An of-ficer met with a complainant who said a student fainted while in class. The subject was responsive but said she was not feel-ing well and had been dieting. She said she was not under the influence of any other drugs or medications. Emergency response evaluated the subject and trans-ported her to Mayo Clinic.
Oct. 23 Theft (Building 41) - An officer met with a complainant who said her parking permit had been stolen. She said
she noticed a parking ticket on her win-dow upon returning to her vehicle. The officer observed adhesive glue saying “VOID”. She said she didn’t know who would have stolen the pass. A canvass was not conducted due to a lapse in time. Patrol efforts have been suspended.
Oct. 24 Theft (Library) - An officer met with a complainant who said her laptop had been stolen. The subject said she left her belongings on a table while she went to the water fountain. When she returned, she said her laptop was gone. She said she saw a subject quickly walk away from the area. She said she was un-sure if the individual took the laptop. A witness recalls the suspect but is unsure if he took the laptop. The officer and the complainant conducted a canvass of the area with negative results. The investiga-tion is ongoing.
Oct. 23 Sick Person (Osprey Fountains) - An officer responded to a possible sick person when he saw emergency rescue preparing to transport the subject. The witness said the subject was spending the night in his dorm room when she got out of bed and laid unconscious on the floor. The family was notified.
Oct. 25 Theft (Building 16) - An offi-cer met with a complainant who said his skateboard was missing. He said he placed it on the rack outside Building 16 and could not find it later when he returned. He said he did not see any-one who could have taken it. The officer searched the immediate area with nega-tive results. Patrol efforts have been sus-pended.
Oct. 23 Marijuana Possession (Osprey Cove) - An officer was conducting his rounds when he smelled marijuana ema-nating from two students who walked passed him. The officer proceeded to question the students as to whether they had marijuana on their person. The students told the officer they had been smoking off campus. One subject gave the officer the marijuana. The officer in-vestigated the student’s dorm room with their consent and did not find any other paraphernalia. One student was given a Notice to Appear, and both were referred to Student Conduct. The marijuana was placed in the JSO Property Room.
Compiled by Keri Weiland
The creature from the Black Lagoon crept out of the lake in front of Library earlier from this week. From Professor Hager’s sculpture class, David Main cre-ated this rather large piece titled “Octo.” You can see other works created by Erica Mendeza and Wandy Griggs on display next to “Octo” from the sidewalk.
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The Red Party swept last week’s elec-tions, with voters leaving the Yellow Party only one seat out of the 20 being filled.
The Red Party ran on an unmistak-able platform: results. It resounded in the bright “promises kept” banners hanging around campus that counted free prints and the Ropes Course among its successes.
Results like those are most possible when the branches of Student Government are like-minded. With a focus on common goals, there’s a greater opportunity to move forward.
For that reason, some students in SG prefer less diversity among the members —when there’s too even a mix of “yes” and “no” voices, the process can stagnate, locked in a disagreement between parties. Having separate parties creates an envi-ronment of competition, not cooperation.
In the most recent election, the divide be-tween Red and Yellow was as visible as the parties’ campaign signs. Much of the elec-tion revolved around campaign promises.
For the Red Party, that included those of the past administration.
The Red Party does consistently say its goals stem from the will of the students. It doesn’t dream up the initiatives on its platform all on its own; it doggedly caters to the perceived majority — we won’t dis-pute that.
But SG represents more than the major-ity. It should consider all of the students, even though pleasing everyone isn’t pos-sible. Furthermore, it must go to greater lengths to ensure students understand the cost of certain initiatives. Asking students if they want free printing at UNF will elicit a unanimous, resounding “Yes.” Asking them if they’re each willing to pay a couple hundred more per semester for that privi-lege will provoke a response that is not only more complex, but better informed.
We think it’s important for a party with so much power and influence to accept the responsibility of showing students the whole picture, not just a glimmering
corner.But even more of the responsibility lies
with you. You are the students from which SG takes its cues, you are the voters who land candidates in seats of power. You must also be the students who dig deeper into the options SG presents to you.
There’s an unfortunate pattern of stu-dents crying out against decisions they don’t support long after they’ve been made. The uproar over the shuttles wasn’t in full force until the beginning of this semester. The shouting about bringing Chick-Fil-A and Papa John’s to campus didn’t happen until the final stages of approval.
A watchful eye should be kept on any government, whether it be in a national, community or university setting. Two en-tities keep that watch: a free press and the people. We’re trying our damndest to do our part. Will you?
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Ladies, don’t let your costume become free Halloween porn
According to About.com, modern Halloween practices resemble medieval mumming -- wearing costumes and caus-ing mischief, and souling -- going door to door offering prayers for the dead in ex-change for treats.
This does indeed resemble the Halloween for American children since the 1930s, but what is our excuse for the grown-up’s Halloween?
Adults dress up, too, and they can prank just as much. Though their version of pranking mostly includes drunken she-nanigans, such as puking in the neighbors jack o’ lantern.
Why do we go from something as inno-cent as a quest for candy and laughter to what appears to be a quest for who can drink the most while wearing lingerie in public disguised as a costume solely with the addition of cat ears?
Sure, I love Halloween as much as the next person, but even I am wearing some-thing other than my fishnets for a costume. (I’ll be Batman’s Robin, if you must know.)
Ladies, less is not always best.Think about your future. I know that is
what we are all supposed to be doing while in college, but sometimes you really have to concentrate your efforts in that direc-tion.
It may be hard to do when you’re having a little too much fun, and partying a little too hard when the camera comes out. It might have seemed like a good idea at the time to strike that pose, wearing so little while holding whatever it is you were hold-ing at that particular moment.
Halloween photos can make you think about haunting in a whole new way. These
pictures can haunt you for the rest of your life, ingrained in you internet existence. And the evidence can be very damaging.
Girls, when photos of you and your dressed-up lovely lady lumps hit the Internet archives, people can see them. Future employers, ex-boyfriends, tech nerds who can bypass your Facebook secu-rity preferences — the list goes on.
You don’t want to give everything away. After all, Halloween is all about using your imagination. You can say so much while showing so little.
And if the strangers aren’t even paying you for it, you shouldn’t be showing it off.
Think about it, the porn industry does not need your charity. Reel it in with all those scandalous Halloween costumes. You can still be sexy and have fun with your clothes on.
Keep it decent, so that when your photos get online, at least you aren’t nearly na-ked. You may be overly intoxicated in that picture, but at least you won’t be underly dressed.
Just remember to work on those poses, you can’t blame the camera for everything..
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CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
The Red Party swept the Oct. 23-24 Senate
elections, taking 19 seats, according to the unofficial election results announced Oct. 25 in the Senate Chambers.
The Yellow Party won a single seat. Four senators were elected through acclama-tion, meaning there was no one running against them.
Over the two-day voting period, nearly 3,400 votes were cast -- about 400 more than were cast during the previous election.
Traher, a UNF communication junior, re-ceived the highest number of votes. He said one of the first issues Student Government will tackle is the universal Scantron policy, an issue he said has received much feed-back and excitement from students.
Traher said the Red Party’s biggest ini-tiative is its opposition to all tuition in-creases. He said the party wants students to know they are willing to go to Tallahassee and let the state legislature know their opposition.
Hebeishy said she was satisfied with the results because she feels her party’s goal, which was to give students a choice, was accomplished.
All three bills on the ballot passed. These bills corrected grammatical errors in the Constitution and permitted nonsubstan-tial changes to the Constitution without consent of the student body; they added the position of associate chief justice in
the Constitution and positioned the intern chief justice in the case of an absence; and they allowed only graduate students to vote for Graduate Seats 41 and 42.
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By Bonnie mulqueen
STAFF REPORTER
As early voting is underway in Florida,
races for state House and Senate may not exist in the same district they did in the last election.
This happens as a result of redistrict-ing, a process in which states’ legisla-tures redraw district lines every 10 years based on census data, said Dr. Nicholas Seabrook, an assistant professor in the UNF Department of Political Science and Public Administration.
Because of redistricting, some can-didates believe their district was ger-rymandered, while others do not. Gerrymandering is the process in which legislatures manipulate districts to favor one party.
One candidate who believes the pre-dominantly Republican state legislatures gerrymandered her district, which encom-passes UNF, is Democrat Nancy Soderberg, a UNF professor who is running in District 4 for state Senate.
Soderberg said gerrymandering is where politicians pick the voters instead of the voters picking the politicians.
Soderberg’s opponent, Aaron Bean, is a Republican running for state Senate in District 4. He said he feels District 4 is in his favor because it is primarily Republican.
However, Bean said he does not share Soderberg’s view on their district being gerrymandered.
“In 2010, we voted for the fair district program that says we are going to make districts as compact as possible, and we have done that,” Bean said.
He said compacting the districts makes the election fair and equitable.
Because UNF sits in District 4, students who use UNF addresses will see Soderberg and Bean on their ballots. Soderberg said she wants every UNF student to vote for her.
Seabrook said the need to redraw dis-trict boundaries every 10 years has to do with a series of Supreme Court decisions that were made in the 1960s, which said in order to comply with the Constitution, legislative districts must have equal popu-lations to one another. In the course of a decade, people move, populations shift and new census numbers are formed. Districts must be redrawn to reflect these changes.
Racial gerrymandering is com-monly practiced in the U.S. House of Representative and State legislatures, Seabrook said. In racial gerrymandering, the state draws districts to manipulate the proportions of a particular racial group that is prevalent in certain districts.
The practice of racial gerrymandering is influenced by the 1965 Voting Rights
Act, which says states must take steps to try to boost minority representation in government. One of the ways states do this is by drawing districts specifi-cally to have high concentrations of a particular racial group, he said.
Seabrook said some of Jacksonville’s congressional dis-tricts, particularly Rep. Corrine Brown’s district, have been drawn to include signifi-cant portion of black voters. That increases the proba-bility that the district will elect an African American to the legislature.
The other major type of gerrymandering is parti-san gerrymandering, where politicians try to draw dis-tricts to increase the repre-sentation of a political party, Seabrook said.
The U.S. is somewhat unique because it allows the politi-cians themselves to conduct re-districting. Advanced democra-cies in other countries have some kind of independent commission that is separate from government to conduct the redistrict-ing, he said.
“There is an element to where we let the foxes guard the hen coop, in a sense that we are allowing the politician themselves to draw the districts they will run in, and this creates political incentives for them to try to use redistricting to secure advantage in elections,” Seabrook said.
He said redistricting and gerrymander-ing is criticised, but through his own re-search, he has found it far worse when par-ties are forced to compromise, instead of having one party that is in control.
Dominant political parties tend to draw uncompetitive districts on both sides. Allowing partisan gerrymandering is bet-ter for democracy because it promotes a degree of competition, instead of forcing parties to come together.
Another new district created around UNF is District 12 for the Florida House.
Karen Morian, the Green Party repre-sentative for District 12, teaches humani-ties, women’s studies and film studies at Florida State College at Jacksonville’s South Campus.
Morian said the Green Party is primar-ily an environmental party. However, she said it is also a proponent of diplomacy instead of invasion as a way to deal with foreign policy.
When it comes to being in a Republican district, Morian said she is willing to work with any politician, no matter to which po-litical party they belong, if there is an is-sue to be agreed upon.
In this race, Morian is after voters with no party affiliation. As of Oct. 28, the Duval County Supervisor of Elections’ website reports 16.42 percent of Jacksonvillians are registered with no party affiliation.
“I think those are the people that are dissatisfied with the two parties,” Morian said. “And those are my voters to win.”
EducationThe candidates also weighed in
on education.“We, as students, think about how we
will fund our education, whether it be through financial aid, pell grants or stu-dent loans,” said Scott Le, president of the UNF College Democrats.
He said students need to know the peo-ple who get elected because the legislation
they propose affects everyone. Le said he thinks if students become more informed, they can pick better candidates who will bring about better legislation.
The UNF College Republicans did not return multiple attempts
for interviews.Bean ties jobs to education.
He said he wants to make sure when students graduate from UNF, there is going to be a job for them if they choose to
stay in the Jacksonville area. He said this is probably the most important issue.
He said making sure people have the skills and the education
necessary for the jobs that are go-ing to be out there is important. He said he has some ideas that are going to promote vocational education for those who do not go
to college.
Soderberg agrees. She said she wants to focus on jobs and education. As a profes-sor at UNF, she said she sees many hard-working students unable to find jobs after they graduate.
Soderberg said educators need fo-cus on math and science and make sure Jacksonville is competing with the world, not just the rest of the U.S.
Morian said she, too, wants to stand up for students and teachers.
“The biggest reason I chose to run is because I got tired of watching our teach-ers get bullied and our students get short changed,” Morian said. “As an educator, I have seen this happen and felt like nobody was trying to stop it.”
Early voting started in Florida Oct. 27. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6.
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Students wait in the Student Government Senate chambers to hear the results of the election.
Candidates respond to 2012 redistricting Unofficial fall election results: Red Party wins 19 Senate seats, Yellow Party lands 1
There is an element to where we let the foxes guard the hen coop, in a sense that we are al-lowing the politician them-selves to draw the districts they will run in, and this creates political incentives for them to try to use redis-tricting to secure advantage in election.”
— Dr. Nicholaus Seabrook
DurinG THE ELECTiOn
Spinnaker News conducted exit polls during the fall Student Gov-ernment Senate elections. On the first day, the incumbent Red Party led the Yellow Party 59.8 percent to 37.1 percent. The remaining 3.1 percent of students voted for candidates not affiliated with either party. After the second day of polling, the Red Party still led the elec-tions, but by slightly smaller mar-gins, with 53.3 percent of votes going to the Red Party and 41.5 percent going to the Yellow Party. Of the remaining 5.2 percent, 3.4 percent voted for non-affiliated candidates — 1.8 percent were unsure of who they voted for. The poll had a confidence inter-val (margin of error) of +/- 6.57 and a confidence level of 95 per-cent, based on calculations from a Creative Research Systems survey. There were 20 Red Party candidates and 17 Yellow Party candidates running for the 24 open Senate seats.
The poll was conducted by Lydia Moneir and Gordon rhyne.
The General Senators-Elect
Senators seated through acclamation
Red Party
Steven Anderson, William Tutwiler, Jenny Morris and Adah Shair
Ryan TraherDylan FarrellMeghan unninghamCorey AmiraMonica BowmanRobin BrownHeather DeyarminBryan JonesCrystal PinoMorgan Wolf
Yellow Party
Red Party
Yellow Party
Ryan TraherDylan FarrellJustin TurnerCorey AmiraMonica BowmanRobin BrownJake MarshallBryan JonesCrystal PinoMorgan WolfTyler StovallJon Mack
Laudelino GarciaAnthony CregoHeather DeyarminNathanael MercadoShomari GlosterCollin WaychoffMeghan Cunningham
Yousra Hebeishy
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By noor ashouri
CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
UNF Reads! hosted a lecture Oct. 23
featuring Warren St. John, the author of Outcasts United, which has been required reading for incoming UNF freshman since 2011.
The event, sponsored by UNF Academic Affairs, began with the lecture by St. John, in which he went over the similari-ties between the experiences of the refu-gees discussed in his book and those of incoming freshman.
A book signing and a question-and-answer session for students followed the lecture.
Martina Perry, UNF’s coordinator for undergraduate initiatives, said Outcasts United was chosen because it shows UNF students that helping others does not necessarily mean solving all of the world’s problems.
Instead, she said it means doing some-thing on a small scale in the community that can impact others.
Perry said the UNF community has em-braced the book. The UNF Honors Program has a particular connection with the book, as it works closely with organizations that focus on the needs of refugees.
UNF Honors students have assembled and coached soccer teams comprised of refugees. This parallels the actions of the main character in Outcasts United, Perry said.
Some UNF students’ decisions on wheth-er or not to read the yearly UNF Reads! se-
lection is based on their preferences for reading.
Nancy Garguill, a UNF marketing logis-tics senior, said she never reads the book because she isn’t a fan of reading.
However, David Moree, a UNF philoso-
phy senior, said he takes time to read the assigned books because he enjoys doing so.
This year, students, faculty and staff can submit nominations for the next UNF Reads! selection. The individual with the winning nomination will receive a $50 gift card to the UNF Bookstore.
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By natalie logan
CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
UNF Hall was dedicated to
longtime university leaders Ann and David Hicks at a cer-emony Oct. 24.
The Hicks have been in-volved with the university’s development for decades and have also been influential in the community.
The Hicks are the patrons of the Hicks and Gray Scholarships and meet with the scholarship recipients several times a year, said Pierre Allaire, UNF’s vice presi-dent of institutional advancement.
Allaire said the family deserved this award for their longtime involvement with the university and their acceptance of lead-ership roles.
The UNF Foundation allotted a $1,000 budget for the dedication, Allaire said. He said he is unsure of the exact figures.
Ann Hicks describes herself as UNF’s No. 1 cheerleader. She said her fam-ily is “flattered to be honored by such an outstanding place.”
She said the dedication is “the most amaz-ing, humbling thing we’ve ever had happen to us.”
David Hicks has worked with the Jacksonville Housing Authority, HabiJax, the DeEtte Holden Cummer Museum Foundation and several other organizations.
Ann Hicks graduated from UNF in 1994 and has served as a member of the Board of Trustees and the Foundation Board. She has also served on the boards for the Jacksonville Public Library, HabiJax and other organizations.
The two also served as co-chairs for the first UNF capital campaign, Access to Excellence. A capital campaign is a type of fundraiser.
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A plaque honoring the Hicks is unveiled at the ceremony.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012EXPRESSIONS
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By Zach sweat
STAFF REPORTER
The Durkeeville Historical Center is a
hard place to spot if you don’t know what you are looking for.
The small building is located in Durkeeville, the historic African-American community that began in the 1930s near downtown Jacksonville.
Surrounding the quaint museum are historic landmarks such as Durkee Field — home of the historic Negro league team, the Jacksonville Red Caps, and the loca-tion of the first ever Florida vs. Georgia game — and the Jefferson Street Pool: the first major pool of its kind available to African Americans in Jacksonville.
The crowded museum building is filled floor to ceiling with historical materials. Every wall and available surface is cov-ered with knowledge about Durkeeville. Drawers contain albums of countless photos of weddings, football games and famous Negro league baseball players such as Hank Aaron, all taken in the Durkeeville area.
Pamela Singleton, vice president of the Durkeeville Historical Society, said the majority of the materials contributed to the center are donations from people who have lived, or have relatives that lived, in Durkeeville.
Singleton is the granddaughter of Charles “Hoss” Singleton, who was a famous musician and songwriter in Jacksonville during the 50s and 60s.
“Hoss” Singleton is best remembered for his lyrics to “Strangers in the Night,” sung by Frank Sinatra.
In 2004, Pamela Singleton moved to Jacksonville. Singleton said she had al-ways had an interest in history even before she joined the Durkeeville Society.
Though Singleton did not originally know much about Durkeeville, she quickly fell in love with the area after the center’s founder, Dr. Carolyn Williams, invited her to, and introduced her at, a meeting.
Singleton quickly became more involved and went on to work as a secretary and advertiser at the center until she became vice president.
“Seven years later, I’m still here,” Singleton said. “It kind of draws you in and doesn’t let go. You meet interesting people all the time here.”
Dr. Carolyn Williams, a Jacksonville native, was the Durkeeville Historical Society’s museum curator and historian, but passed away last year after a battle with cancer.
Not only working with the Durkeeville Society, Williams also was heavily involved at UNF, teaching in the department of his-tory, serving as the director of the gender studies program, and co-directing the Bette J. Soldwedel Gender Research Center.
Williams held many other titles during her life. She served as the corresponding secretary for a chapter of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, was a historian for the Norman Studios Museum Board and worked for many other organizations outside of Durkeeville.
Singleton said Williams was a fountain of knowledge when it came to anything about Jacksonville or Durkeeville.
“She would just start talking about a pic-ture and say, ‘Oh, and this person...’, and the next thing you know it’s like you’re in school,” Singleton said.
Lloyd Washington, the society’s current president, said Williams was truly the face of the center and helped the center receive donations through her many connections in the Jacksonville area.
In fact, Members of the Durkeeville Historical Society said they have so much historic material being given and donated to them that they do not have room for it all.
“The sad thing about it is that we don’t have storage space [for everything],” Washington said. “A lot of this stuff is ending up in the garbage can.”
Washington said the Ritz Theatre and Museum, another small museum in a his-toric area of Jacksonville, is having simi-lar problems with storage issues.
“If we had a warehouse or storage space, we could literally fill it,” he said.
The historic center is trying to bounce back from a recent slump in funding by hosting several events, open to the public, and reaching out to include more members in the society, such as James Robinson, who is an applications systems analyst at UNF and a history professor at FSCJ.
Robinson said he takes three of his his-tory classes to the center for tours and the center’s monthly fish fry.
“I teach history at FSCJ and I got in-volved [when] we started taking field trips here,” said Robinson.
By getting more people involved, Washington and Singleton hope to draw more people to Durkeeville and revive the center.
Every last Saturday of the month, the Society and center hold a monthly fish fry to raise funds for keeping the center open. Washington said the fish fry is their main source of income.
Due to their recent struggles with fund-ing, tours of the Durkeeville Historical
Center have been reduced to the days that the fish fry takes place and by appointment only. Class lectures for UNF or any other school can also be made by appointment.
The center also hosts a yearly celebra-tion of the Negro leagues and rents the space for organizations to have meetings and small events. Community service hours can also be fulfilled by volunteering at the center.
The Durkeeville Historical Center is struggling, but remains one of the few plac-es where UNF students have the chance to learn about a part of Jacksonville that is slowly disappearing after recent funding cuts by the city of Jacksonville and a de-crease in overall donations and funding.
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Historical Society members share the rich past of Durkeeville
The next Durkeeville fish fry will be held Nov. 24 at 11:00 a.m.
To contact the Durkeeville Histori-cal Society, visit their web page: durkeevillehistoricalsociety.com
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Inside the Durkeeville Historical Center, photos and other historical artifacts are displayed.TOP LEFT: Photos of the community hang on one of the walls. TOP RIGHT: One of the jerseys from the historic Negro League baseball players.BOTTOM: Behind this particular jersey is a display of famous black women in politics.
Students, staff sort trash to promote recyclingBy Jason howard
STAFF REPORTER
The abundance of white coveralls under
the tent by the Student Union Oct. 24 may have made it look like there was radiation leak on campus, but the suits were just to protect the students and volunteers who were sorting through university trash dur-ing the 6th annual Garbage on the Green.
Garbage on the Green is a UNF Environmental Center event where stu-dents and volunteers can sort the refuse of the university.
First held in 2006, the event aims to en-gage and educate students, faculty and staff about recycling and its importance to the university and the environment.
James Taylor, the coordinator of the UNF Environmental Center, was pleased with the turnout. He said over 100 volun-teers came out to help.
The high number of volunteers short-ened the event. It usually lasts until 3 p.m., but this year it finished an hour earlier.
The first step for volunteers is donning the white suits, along with gloves and lab goggles, to handle the assorted trash. Following pick up, volunteers go through each bag, taking measure of where it came from and the types of materials inside it. Then, they weigh each category of waste.
Divided among several campus loca-tions, the event began with a pick up of re-fuse from buildings 51 and 42, the Student Union plaza and the Crossings. These served as the sample for the university.
Taylor said the Crossings is a new choice for the housing trash auditing; the former location was the Hall.
One of the purposes of Garbage on the Green is to calculate how much university trash can be diverted from landfill. This is known as the diversion rate.
The potentially diverted trash includes materials that could potentially be recy-cled, composted or reused.
The campus diversion rate last year was at 51.6 percent — just scratching the sur-face of the rate Taylor hopes to reach.
“We hope to reach a 75 percent diversion rate by 2020, which is actually a state of Florida goal.” Taylor said.
Among the volunteers, John Smith, an English and sociology senior, came out for his fourth time.
“I do this every year,” he said. “I really like the whole process and the fact that I’m getting these numbers that will help the university know how to manage waste better.”
Due to the University’s new contract with its waste utilities contractor, just about everything is recyclable in any on-campus recycling bin. Items include empty steel and tin cans, juice boxes and more. Glass, styrofoam and plastics numbered one through seven — meaning a range
from thin water bottles to very hard plastic — are now recyclable.
Garbage on the Green also fea-tured an electronic waste pick up. The Environmental Center will be providing the same electronic waste disposal for housing. So, if you have a refrigerator you know will not fit in the back of your Jetta, the Environmental Center is the place to take it.
Regina Brooks, a journalism sophomore, said she has been dying to go to the event since last year.
“I love green projects, and I love seeing young people, especially, get into environ-mental activities,” she said.
Smith and Brooks said they didn’t find anything too strange in the university’s garbage.
“I found sushi and a muffin in a bag and thought, ‘Who eats their sushi with a muf-fin?’” Brooks said.
What Smith found was more concerning than humorous.
“There was a bag with an entire crate of vegetables, and I know someone could ac-tually use that, so it’s upsetting that that is going into the trash,” he said.
Garbage on the Green and the waste au-dit is just the tip of the recycling iceberg for the Environmental Center.
“We’ve found people do tend to recycle paper, but they are not recycling plastic bottles nearly enough,” Taylor said.
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The UNF Environmental Center is located in building 1 by the Ghandi statue and building 3
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Students and volunteers sport white coveralls, gloves and goggles as they examine the univer-sity’s trash to divert recyclables from landfills for the 6th annual Garbage on the Green.
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Halloween is my favorite holiday. I look forward to it every year, just so I can carve something interesting to photograph. This year, I chose to do a tribute to my favor-ite TV show, Futurama. The characters featured are Fry, Leela, Bender and Ship. I used Photoshop to create my own stencils. It took two and a half hours to complete the project.
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STAFF REPORTER
For years, UNF students have only been
able to imitate the Osprey by Swooping, but now, once a month, Eco-Adventures gives students the opportunity to fly.
UNF Eco-Adventures’ Osprey Challenge Course is a team-building ropes course funded by Student Government that fea-tures both high elements up in the trees and low elements down on the forest floor.
The featured attraction, the gravity zip, spans nearly 400 feet and is one of the only zips in Florida to go over water.
UNF’s first zip night, scheduled for mid September, was cancelled due to rain, and the night scheduled for earlier this month was moved because an early sundown would lead to less time on the lines.
Tomas Marentes, lead facilitator for the Osprey Challenge Course, hopes for the event to grow and become a showcase for the course.
“Right now, we’re completely booked for new groups, so this event is a great op-portunity for students to enjoy the course without booking a reservation,” he said.
The gravity zip experience involves signing a waiver, strapping on a helmet
and gear, and then ascending a cargo net onto a platform. The zip line’s path is cleared of any obstructions — people who may be walking on the trail or canoe-ing under — then off you soar.
There is, of course, a tedious sys-tem of ensuring zippers’ security to a mounted steel cable at all times once on
the platform, though the double-checking actually comes off as reassuring before jumping off the high platform.
Danielle Chakhtoura, a UNF psychol-ogy junior, came out to experience the zip line among other students and co-workers.
“I work for Eco-Adventures, and I have
[ridden] both zip lines,” she said. “I guess I’m back because they are so much fun.”
If you are afraid of heights, the zip line offers a tremendous way to approach the challenge. Some of the staff were even tim-id at first, said Garret Davis, a facilitator at the Osprey Challenge Course.
“Some of us were scared at first, a little shaky, but when we have done as much training as we have up there, we got over it pretty quick,” Davis said.
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UNF Alumni reveals mysterious side of Jacksonville through new bookBy Kasandra ortiZ
CONTRIBUTING REPORTER
Poet, professor, UNF alumni, husband, fa-
ther, and author: Tim Gilmore is a jack of all trades, with a bit of a dark side.
Gilmore’s new book, This Kind of City: Ghost Stories and Psychological Landscapes, sheds light on a little known genre, psycho-geography, and allows readers to discover the more mysterious side of Jacksonville.
Psychogeography is a genre that focuses on writing about places and the reaction that people have to them. Gilmore said the book is less about the paranormal and more about the “presence of a place.”
“The book itself deals with the history of Jacksonville, but also the mysteries and secrets of the city,” Gilmore said. “I’m at-tracted to abandoned buildings and places of the city that have seen better days. William Faulker once said, ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even passed.’”
Gilmore is not a newcomer to psychogeog-raphy. He’s been working on this project, his book and website (www.deadpaper.org) that continues the collection of psychogeogra-phy stories, for two years now. Each story is centered on a place in Jacksonville.
Gilmore’s psychogeography project be-gan at the Old City Cemetery, Northeast of Downtown Jacksonville, after he was in-troduced to the genre by a fellow professor at FSCJ.
His project has addressed such monumen-tal places in Jacksonville as The Florida Theatre, LaVilla, the Avenues Mall, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and even the organic garden at UNF.
“I would hope students would get out of the book, the reading, and the site, a sense of exploration, which is what col-lege is all about anyway — what the world holds for you and how you connect with it,” Gilmore said.
Gilmore’s long-time friend and fellow writer, Mark Ari, said the book presents a
vision of Jacksonville that is more rich than many students may have imagined.
“I don’t think that there is a history book or report of any kind anywhere that is so re-velatory of Jacksonville as this remarkable mixture of fact and fiction,” he said.
Aside from chasing stories all over Jacksonville, Gilmore teaches literature and writing at FSCJ and has other writings such as Horoscopes for Goblins: Poems, 2006–2009, Flights of Crows: Poems, 2002–2006, and the album, Waiting in the Lost Rooms.
Nothing about Gilmore or his writing is conventional, but students wouldn’t have it any other way. Gilmore teaches a ghost sto-ries class at FSCJ every fall and spring term called Legend Scripting, which applies the same concept by having students team up to find unknown places in the city.
Gilmore said readers can use This Kind of City to do a scavenger hunt around Jacksonville to all the strange places he writes about, so they can have their own per-sonal experience to add to the stories.
Gilmore’s write-ups on his latest excur-sions include an abandoned house with an observation tower on Florida-Georgia Island and the Westonian near LaVilla.
“Some people don’t think Jacksonville is the most exciting city,” he said. “It’s not Seattle or Paris. It’s just where people have lived a certain amount of time, which can reveal secrets and bring magic to the city.”
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Learning to fly: UNF engineering students headed to flugtag competitionBy dargan thompson
FEATURES EDITOR
This weekend, a group of engineering
students will take the machine they spent a month building and push it off a pier, hoping it will fly far before it crashes into the ocean.
As crazy at that sounds, UNF’s chap-ter of the Society of American Military Engineers (S.A.M.E.) will be one of thirty teams doing the same thing Nov. 3 at the Red Bull Flugtag competition in Miami.
Red Bull Flugtag is a competition where teams build human-powered gliders and push them off a 30-foot deck to see how far they fly. The machines have to be built from scratch and can’t have any moving parts, with a maximum wingspan of 30 ft. and weight of 450 lbs.
A team consists of a pilot, who has to sit somewhere on the machine, and four peo-ple to help with the push-off. Teams are given a one minute slot to perform a skit and then fly their machine off the deck. They are judged on flight distance as well as creativity and showmanship.
The president of UNF S.A.M.E. and civ-il engineering senior, Jason Quijano, said the group’s machine is a simple, wooden glider they are painting to look like an osprey. With a wingspan of 28.5 ft., the glider is designed to be taken apart and reassembled to simplify the transporta-tion process.
Though eight people helped work on the machine, seven are going down to Miami,
and only five will be able to actively par-ticipate in the competition.
For their skit, the team plans to dress up like ospreys and dance around an egg that will hold their pilot who will then pop out and get on the glider to fly off the deck.
Quijano said members of S.A.M.E. de-cided to do Flugtag because they wanted to get involved in some sort of competi-tion to distinguish the group.
Chris Brown, the faculty advisor for S.A.M.E., said when the group came to him about the competition, he thought it was a good opportunity. He said their design is very sophisticated and they ex-ceeded his expectations with what they were able to do in one month.
Team member Gabriel Todaro said the group limited their time to design and build their machine because of how late they signed up. He said two or three months would have been a more realistic time frame to draw out designs, consider alternatives and do test runs.
“This is sort of a last minute thing, so we don’t really have a lot of room for er-ror,” Todaro said.
Todaro said, overall, he’s looking for-ward to being in Miami and mingling with other teams at the competition. He hopes the group’s machine will at least make it in the top five for distance.
After the competition, the team is not guaranteed to get its glider back. Quijano said the water will probably wreck the
wings and the people running the com-petition drag away the gliders after they land in the water in order to make space for the next competitors.
After working on the machine for several hours a day for the past month, Quijano said he’s looking forward to the trip and seeing the outcome of the team’s hard work.
He said he’s a little nervous to be in front of a large crowd, though. Over 100,000 spectators showed up to watch last year’s competition in Tampa.
“I’ve never been in front of a huge crowd like that, but I’m hoping, seeing ev-eryone else, it should be just fine,” he said.
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- Jason Quijano- Gabriel Todero- Brock Pickett- Michael Herbergs- JP Magat
All members are seniors ma-joring in civil or mechanical engineering.
Juan Becerril, Sam Mcmullen and Tyler Bailey are offering additional help.
TEAM MEMBErS:
CAPriCorN (DECEMBER 22 - JANUARY 19) You’ve been texting back and forth with someone for a while now, but you’re still not sure how they feel. Take a chance and go ahead and ask them out.
Nov. 1 at 6:30 p.m.Student Union Auditorium
Gilmore will take UNF students on a spine-tingling journey through Jacksonville with read-ings from his book.
COMinG uP:
Students soar over Lake Oneida in first zip night
Nov. 15, 6:30-9:30 p.m.Free for all students with a valid Osprey 1Card and close-toed shoes.
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Zip night occurs every third Thursday of the month.
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A fellow Osprey swoops through the trees at UNF Eco-Adventures’ zip line.
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(From left to right) Sam McMullen, JP Magat, Jason Quijano and Gabirel Todero, members of S.A.M.E., work on their flugtag machine.
HoroSCoPESCANCEr (JUNE 21 - JULY 22) You can’t run away from your problems, so stop trying to. Reach out to get the help you need to face them head on.
LEo (JULY 23 - AUGUST 22) The things you are struggling with now may later become your biggest strengths if you can work through them. Don’t give up.
SAgittAriuS (NOVEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 21) You may not have any big plans for Halloween, but this weekend, be on the lookout for something big to happen.
SCorPio (OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 21 ) Sometime this week, the stars will align and you’ll find a great parking space when you’re running late for class.
AquAriuS (JANUARY 20 - FEBRUARY 18) With the beginning of flu season, you may find yourself feeling under the weather. Be careful not to do anything to overexert yourself and you’ll be fine.
Virgo (AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 22) It’s more than halfway through the semester and your study habits are losing steam quickly. Find a study buddy to help you get back on track and finish out strong.
tAuruS (APRIL 20 - MAY 20) In an attempt to save money, you’ve been turning down offers to hang out. Go ahead and let yourself have fun. You’ll find an unexpected source of money this week.
gEmiNi (MAY 21 – JUNE 20) You’ve been getting frustrated about your lack of weekend plans. Maybe it’s time for you to play host and plan something fun for your group of friends.
PiSCES (FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 20) You’ve worked hard and been very disciplined this semester. Go ahead and gorge yourself on leftover Halloween candy.
AriES (MARCH 21 - APRIL 19) Someone has been trying to steal the credit you deserve for your hard work. Stand up for yourself and stop letting them take advantage of you.
LibrA (SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 22) You may find yourself arguing with a loved one over something petty this week. Give up your pride and let this one go.
— Tim Gilmore
“ I would hope students would get
out of the book, the read-ing, and the site, a sense of exploration, which is what college is all about anyway — what the world holds for you and how you connect with it.”
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Right along with the colder weather, the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair is
back again. There will be rides, contests, exhibits and live music. Entrance is $8
most days, but ride wristbands and opening times vary depending on the day. The fairgrounds are located in the sports complex by Everbank Field, and the Veter-ans Memorial Arena. For more infomation, visit http://www.jacksonvillefair.com/fair/
November 1Movies on the House is presenting The Sky
Turns, a documentary showing a year in the life of a tiny village in northern Spain
that is on the verge of dying out. As always, the showing is free and will take place in the Robinson Theater at 7
p.m. The film is in Spanish, so be prepared to read.
November 2If you’ve never seen a drag show, now’s a
good time to check one out. Osprey Produc-tions is hosting a drag show featuring
Ms. Jujubee, from season two of Rupaul’s Drag Race. The event will take place in the
Student Union ballrooms where Ms. Jujubee will be lip syncing and interacting with
guests, all while looking fabulous, of course. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. and the event starts
at 8 p.m. It’s free, but there will be a cash bar, so bring two forms of ID if you want
to drink.
November 3Festivals don’t usually include healthy eating, but the one held this weekend in Riverside sure will. The third annual
Northeast Florida Veg Fest will be held in Riverside Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event aims to educate about healthy and sustainable eating practices. It’s free and will have food, speakers and live music, as well as a special cooking demonstra-tion from Vegan Black Metal Chef from
1-2 p.m.
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Make money participating in Optometry Training Sessions at
the Vistakon Campus (Southside & JTB). $125-$175 per session for those eligible to participate. Contact: Ruth Ann Ham 904-
254-9728 or [email protected].
Bartenders
$300/DAY Potential. No Experi-ence Necessary. Training Cls Available. AGE 18+ OK. 800-
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Karate Classes
Free Karate Tuition (80 a month savings) – Japanese style-
Beaches location for helping with karate classes Monday and Weds 5 to 7pm. Check
Website www.admakarate.com. Email: Erlinda at imredrider08@
gmail.com. No karate experi-ence necessary.
CCW Community Night
Wednesdays on the third floor of the Student Union CCW hosts community night. This includes
a free dinner, a short film, a vibrant discussion, and is an
awesome opportunity to meet some fellow Ospreys! More info at campustocity.org and
facebook.com/ccw614.
Worship Gathering at UNF
Sunday nights at 8pm in Build-ing 15 Room 1303, CCW is
hosting a Worship Gathering. There’s a live band, a message, and free dessert! More info at
campustocity.org and facebook.com/ccw614.
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Men’s basketball modifies offense, returns five startersSmith is not only a top 3-point shooter, he
also led the team in free throws last season, making 83.8 percent of shots taken. With those numbers, PS3 could make waves as a top shooting guard, not only in the confer-ence, but in the nation.
UNF’s less than spectacular numbers from the free-throw line (10th in the A-Sun), cost them wins last season. UNF shot for only 61 percent in free throws, something that must be improved upon this season.
Senior forward Diaz was amongst the top five shooters for UNF, but was last on
the team in free throws at 38 percent. Diaz’ inability at the line was magnified due to the fact he was the most fouled player on the team.
“We just have to step up and make our free throws,” Smith said. “Free throws help win games, you’ve got to make them.”
Outside of the conference, UNF has two road games against top tier programs, no.16 Memphis, and Kansas State. Driscoll schedules tough road tests, at the onset of each season, to push his team to its limits.
With such high hopes and expectations for the 2012-13 UNF men’s basketball team,
everything has to come together. They are an experienced team stacked with seniors, recruited by coach Driscoll, with a new and improved offense. UNF will look to turn expectations into success this season, and win that elusive A-Sun title.
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As the clock wound down in the first-round game of the Atlantic-Sun Tournament March 1, Parker Smith at-tempted a 3-pointer for the win. The shot, however, came up short. UNF lost by two points to East Tennessee State, 68-66, ending their hopes of a conference championship.
Despite a sour ending to the 2011-12 sea-son, the UNF men’s basketball team won 10 A-Sun games and 16 games overall, break-ing the school records in both.
The team finished fourth in the A-Sun Conference, and the 2012-13 preseason polls project this season’s team to finish fourth again.
With the team’s recent success, head coach Matthew Driscoll maintains the expectation of winning the A-Sun Championship this year.
“We’re not here to come close, we’re not here to come second, and we’re not here to say ‘good job’, [or] ‘atta boy,’” Driscoll said.
Driscoll will start the same five play-ers who started last season’s team. Now seniors, the five players include shoot-ing guard Parker Smith, point guard Will Wilson, guard/forward Jerron Granberry, forward Andy Diaz, and for-ward David Juene.
“We’re going to win the conference championship,” said Granberry, the team’s second leading scorer, averaging 10.9 points per game. “This is the most talented team we’ve had.”
“We feel like we got disrespected,” Granberry said, in reference to the A-Sun preseason polls. “We feel in our hearts that we’re number one, and for anybody to say anything else is just a slap in the face.”
This season marks the first year that Driscoll will manage a team in which he has recruited every player. Because of Driscoll’s familiarity with the players, he has tailored a new formation that incorpo-rates the team’s strengths and weaknesses.
Driscoll calls the formation “four around one.” The strategy involves an up-tempo style of basketball; the players push the ball up the court and look to score quickly on fast breaks. When crafting the new sys-tem, Driscoll accounted for four guards that can handle the ball and run an offense, which centers around one big man.
Before coming to UNF Driscoll was the assistant coach at Baylor, under head coach Scott Drew. Coaching alongside Drew ce-mented Driscoll’s belief in the four-guard system. Driscoll said he’s switching the emphasis this year, but the plays, the play-ers and the system will be the same.
“With our recruits that have come in, we’re now able to pick and pop more, and stretch the floor,” Driscoll said. “Coach Drew’s influence on me definitely opened
my eyes more.”In half-court sets, the team will look to
run the pick and pop offense where shoot-ers, in lieu of big men, set the screens. The screener peels off for a long range shot after setting a screen for the ball handler. Defenses tend to collapse on the ball han-dler as he drives to the basket after the screen, leaving the screener open for the jump shot.
Teams that run the pick and pop offense
include Gonzaga, Butler, Baylor and Belmont (formerly of the A-Sun, now of the Ohio Valley Conference).
“These are schools that we try to emu-late,” Driscoll said. “Those teams are al-ways the best scoring teams in the league, and the best defensive teams. That’s where our philosophy is beginning to ex-pound to.”
“We’ve developed our players to be able to do different things on the floor,”
Driscoll said. “We’re really excited about the fact that we’ve got options. You’ve got players making plays instead of players running plays.”
The tallest players on UNF’s team are freshman guard Beau Beech and senior for-ward Andy Diaz, who both stand at 6-foot-8. Mercer, which is predicted to place first in the A-Sun Conference, has a 6-foot-11 cen-ter in Monty Brown, a 6-foot-10 forward in Daniel Coursey, and a 6-foot-9 forward in T.J. Hallicel.
UNF is going to need all of the height they can get, especially when facing Mercer whose fourth-tallest player is the same height as UNF’s tallest player.
Coach Driscoll said there are four main factors he’s looking for in his players in the 2012-13 season. He expects his players to win the assists to turnover battle, to get more offensive rebounds, have a higher field goal percentage, and to get to the free throw line more often.
“If you can win those battles,” Driscoll said, “you can win every game you play.”
As a team, UNF didn’t finish above fifth place in any statistical category last season.
“It was a weird year for the league last year offensively,” Driscoll said. “A lot of teams could put the ball in the hole.”
Smith, who averaged 14.5 points per game last season, and led UNF in scoring, was only fifth in the conference. Smith was listed on bleacherreport.com’s “College Basketball 2012-13: The Top 15 Long-Range Bombers in the Country” list after rank-ing 10th in the NCAA with an average of three 3-point field goals per game. Smith shot 41 percent from beyond the arc last season, which ranked him 26th in the en-tire country.
Smith backed up his nickname, PS3, when he had one of the greatest perfor-mances in UNF history, scoring 46 points and hitting 11 three-pointers in a victory over Mercer.
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With the introduction of head coach Driscoll’s new formation, the four around one, the team plays to its strengths in shooting and ball control and avoids the team’s lack of height.
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David Jeune takes a shot over Andy Diaz.
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Beau Beech is a versatile player, he can be found anywhere from the paint to the perimeter.
STATS PEr GAME:-7th in the league with 67.8 offensive points per game
-9th in the league with 13.6 turnovers per game
-8th in the league with 11.2 offensive rebounds per game
-6th in the league with 23.1 defensive rebounds per game
-7th in the league with 6.3 three pointers made per game
STATS OvErALL:-8th in the league at 34.8 percent in overall offense rebounding
-8th in the league at 34.6 percent in overall defensive rebounding
uP nExT: UNF men’s basketball’s first game of the year is against Flagler at home, Nov. 1. Come out and sup-port the team as they strive to start off the season with a win at the UNF Arena.
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Travis Wallace drives to the hoop past three defenders in practice, drawing the foul but also making sure to get the basket, despite the heavy contact.
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The UNF Rugby team is back on the pitch for their 2012 fall season with high hopes.
The UNF Deadbirds advanced to the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) Division III National Championship tournament, but fell short of being national champions.
They lost their two final matches of the tournament to Cal-Maritime, 31-26, and Salve Regina, 21-5.
Despite the postseason losses, the team went undefeated throughout their regular season schedule. Coming off a successful year has impacted the team’s confidence level, as they head into their fall season, junior Joseph Eichner said.
“After progressing so far last [season] and playing ball on national television, our team has realized we can take on anyone if we play our game and stick to the plan,” Eichner said.
The team began their fall season with a win over South Florida, 33-9, before embar-rassing Florida International University, 74-5, Oct. 21.
The fall season consists of opponents from all over Florida, and is culminated by the Florida Collegiate Cup.
For the third match of the season, the Deadbirds hosted the University of
Florida, Oct. 26, one of the states’ bet-ter rugby teams, and claimed a 20-19 vic-tory over the Gators. Undefeated through three games, the Deadbirds will look to remain on the right track towards their goal of claiming the Florida Collegiate Cup this fall.
The UNF Deadbirds’ fast start is a bit of a surprise considering they lost three of their starters from last season, a sig-nificant blow to a team loaded with un-derclassmen. With their 2013 spring sea-son, the Deadbirds will ultimately strive to return to Colorado for the National
Championships. But, Trace Horevitz said, the Deadbirds have to take care of business during the fall season first.
On the pitch rugby can be a violent sport, however, the Deadbirds are dealing with an obstacle off the pitch as well.
“Another challenge that our entire team strives to improve on each week is our con-nection with UNF and getting support for our team,” Horevitz said. “We are often told by campus groups, like Osprey Nation, that they won’t make announcements about our games because we are only a club sport.”
The Deadbirds are hopeful that with their recent successes on the pitch, those campus groups will begin reconsidering their position of not supporting the team.
If the Deadbirds continue to play lights-out rugby, the students, along with organi-zations like Osprey Nation, will have a dif-ficult time shutting them out. Performance speaks louder than words, and right now, the Deadbirds are shouting.
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Last spring’s rugby team placed fourth in the NSCRO Division III National Championships.
1961 Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, breaking Babe Ruth’s re-cord of 60, a mark that had stood since 1927.
Significant Sports Moments in year of Birth
1947 Jackie Robinson became the first African-American base-ball player in Major League Baseball.
Roaree the Lion (Columbia University) College Mascot Cosmo the Cougar (Brigham Young University)
Played for 1979 Hawaii State Basketball Champions, the Puna-hou School. Though some stories recount a long range shooter nicknamed “Barry O’Bomber,” his teammates remembered a hard worker who saw little court time. “He loved basketball so much,” former teammate Alan Lum said, in an interview with Politico, “I think a lot of things have been blown out of proportion.”
Significant Sports Accomplishments
In 1999, Romney became the President/CEO of the Salt Lake Winter Olympic Organizing Committee. The 2002 Games suffered from a revenue shortfall and was in the midst of a bribery scandal that involved the former CEO of the Organiz-ing Committee. Romney restructured the committee and was widely praised for the success of the Salt Lake Games.
Chicago Bears nFL New England Patriots
Chicago White Sox MLB Boston Red Sox
Obama has been most closely associated with basketball dur-ing his time in office. An avid fan, the President has broad-casted his March Madness picks each of his four years in office. So far, he has correctly picked one national champion (North Carolina, 2009), but is only 2 for 16 with his Final Four selec-tions (North Carolina, 2009; Kentucky, 2012).
While in Office
Romney won a bet against New York Governor George Pataki, after the Red Sox came back from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS. Boston went on to break the Curse of the Bambino and win the World Series.
Luol Deng, starting forward for the Chicago Bulls Favorite Athlete David Ortiz, DH and 1B for the Boston Red Sox
Basketball Favorite Sport Baseball
Basketball and Golf. Sports They Play Running, Skiing, Horseback riding, and Waterskiing.
Fall trips to Ohio and Florida found Obama as the “I” in a group of Ohio State fans’ “O-H-I-O” lineup. While in the Sunshine State, he was photographed doing the Gator chomp near Orlando.
Swing States’ Sports
The Ohio Democratic Party took a full page ad in the Ohio State University student newspaper, The Lantern, reminding Ohio State students that Mitt Romney is a fan of the Michigan Wolverines.
Craig Robinson, Obama’s brother-in-law, played at Princeton and is currently the head coach for the Oregon State basket-ball team.
Family Connections Ann Romney had a horse, named Rafalca, compete in the 2012 Olympics.
Shortly after his hometown White Sox completed a trade for Kevin Youkilis, a beloved Red Sox player, Obama jokingly thanked a Boston crowd for the trade. The crowd immediately booed the remark, though White House Officials claim that the crowd was saying, “Yooouk,” a common cheer among Red Sox fans during Youkilis’ time at Fenway.
Head to Head on the Campaign Trail
According to the AP, Romney campaign officials accused Obama of taunting Red Sox fans. “Maybe the president should have congratulated the team for winning the World Series in 2004 and 2007,” campaign press secretary Andrea Saul said, “Instead, he chose to mock them for trading away one of its favorite players at a time when the team is struggling.”
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PrESiDENtiAL SPortSIf you’re still undecided, perhaps each candidate’s connections to sports can help you make up your mind.
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question 1: the giants swept the tigers. is san Francisco that good, or were they just hot?
The Giants are obviously really good, but they got hot at the right time. They weren’t losing that World Series under any circumstances.
The Giants got hot just like the Cardinals got hot last year. The Giants’ pitchers came through in the clutch, unlike the Tigers’ lineup, who crushed the ball all year and bought household names, such as Prince Fielder and Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera in the off season, couldn’t hit their way out of a paper bag.
It’s a little of both. Their bats got hot at the right time, but that’s what it’s about. The Tigers starting pitching also fell apart, which helped a lot. Both of these teams have serious future potential, but congrats to the Giants. Two World Series’ in three years is impressive.
Just like the NFL’s Giants’ Superbowl run of 2011, this was a case of getting hot at the right time. Their pitching was spotty at best during the regular season, but was lights out during their World Series run. The Tigers are a great team, and the Giants made them look like legless kittens.
Of course it is. Beating your rivals is one of the most important responsibilities of a college head coach and UGA is Florida’s biggest rival. Not saying fire the guy, but he really needs to beat ‘em next season.
Muschamp’s lizards couldn’t do anything offensively against the Dawgs. They turned the ball over six times, and Driskel couldn’t breathe with All-American Jarvis Jones living in the backfield. Basically ev-erything the so- called experts at ESPN said Florida would do to Georgia, Georgia did to Florida. Georgia hasn’t beaten UF twice in a row since the 88-89 seasons, and now they’ve done it again. “Go DAWGS!”
No way. Florida just played pitiful. They had a chance to win the game but fumbled into UGA’s end zone. No one expected the Gators to be this good at this point in the year anyways. If anything, Gainesville should be rejoicing about how well they did.
I think so. To me great teams are defined by how they play against good teams late in the season. The game against Georgia was a must win for the Gators, and they were overmatched from the start. In my opinion they lost because of poor coach-ing, and a lack of a decent game plan to combat Georgia’s blitz.
question 2: will muschamp is now 0-2 against uga. is this cause for concern in gainesville?
It’s football season until the day after the Superbowl, but to humor myself, I’ll take Kansas to win it all. I like their schedule and their coach, so “Rock Chalk Jayhawk!”
I’m going with Kentucky to repeat as NCAA champions. John Calipari has once again recruited five “one and done” top ten NBA draft pick players, to run the floor, and he’s the best coach in the NCAA. It doesn’t matter that they have no players returning. The Cats have just as a good a chance as anyone.
I think it’s hard to pick against the Big Ten this year. They have three of the top five teams in the preseason, and each of them are extremely well rounded. I think Ohio State will come out of that conference on top and will lose a close one to the young guns in Lexington.
I know conventional wisdom says Ken-tucky won’t repeat as champions, but I can’t find a suitable alternative. Indiana and Louisville are ranked no.1 and no.2 respectively, but neither team has proven they have the talent to win a champion-ship. I think the NBA farm-team, known as the Wildcats, will go back-to-back.
question 3: college basketball season starts soon. who is your favorite to win the ncaa title?
UNF (4-12-0) vs. LIP (5-11-1)Oct. 28, 2012FINAL SCORE:
UNF 3 - Lipscomb 2
Goals by period 1 2 OT1 OT2 Total
UNF 0 2 0 1 3
LIP 1 1 0 0 2
Goal Time Team Goal Scorer
1st 02:29 LIP Holcombe, R
2nd 52:26 UNF Bruce, D
3rd 63:12 UNF Garcia, C
4th 63:50 LIP Holcombe, R
5th 107:30 UNF Garcia, C
unF
## Goalkeepers GA Saves
22 Sienkiewicz, B 2 12
LiP
## Goalkeepers GA Saves
1 Hof, M 3 3
Shots Total
UNF 12
LIP 25
Fouls Total
UNF 20
LIP 20
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Women’s volleyball Boxscores
Set Scores 1 2 3 4 5 K E TA Pct.
UNF (16-11) 25 25 25 X X 47 12 132 .265
Mercer (9-15) 20 23 21 X X 36 19 133 .128
Oct. 27, 2012FINAL SCORE:
UNF 3 - Mercer 0
UNF (8-9-2) vs. KSU (10-8-1)Oct. 27, 2012FINAL SCORE:
UNF 3 - Kennesaw State 1
Goals by period 1 2 Total
UNF 2 1 3
KSU 0 1 1
Goal Time Team Goal Scorer
1st 05:16 UNF Hopfensperger, L
2nd 36:21 UNF Zaremba, A
3rd 68:34 UNF Larrinaga, M
4th 82:11 KSU Strickland, J
unF
## Goalkeepers GA Saves
0 Beninati, R 1 1
24 Hahn, B 1 4
KSu
## Goalkeepers GA Saves
00 Roberts, L 3 3
16 Hutto, M 0 0
Shots Total
UNF 13
KSU 14
Fouls Total
UNF 11
KSU 11
Women’s Soccer Boxscores
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